Round 1 - Referee Herb Dean in charge of this bantamweight contest. Roop jabs and throws a high kick early. He wants to use his range. Bowles tries to move inside and eats a knee. He backs away. Bodyshot for Bowles. Both fighters taking turns trading punches. Uppercut scores for Roop. Bowles comes back winging power hooks. Roop popping his jab. Two minutes into the fight. Roop kicks the body. He's holding the center well. Flurry lands, punctuated by a high kick. Bowles looks comfortable, and he is throwing heavy punches. Roop kicks the leg. Roop throws two punches and a high kick, and Bowles bounces off the fence. Stiff jab for Roop. Two bodyshots for Bowles. He lands again, and Roop is wobbled from a right to the ear. Bowles follows to the floor and sinks in a guillotine choke. He takes full guard before flipping over to the top. Roop guts it out, but MMAjunkie.com likes the late work from Bowles, 10-9.

Round 2 - Roop looks OK to open, and he starts with a kick. Roop working his kicks more frequently to start, and it's keeping Bowles away. Jab for Roop, whose corner yells that Bowles is tired. Stiff jab sends Bowles to the floor. Roop follows with brutal right hands. Bowles is hurt badly, and he just turtles. Dean calls for the recovery, but Bowles is done. Fight over. George Roop def. Brian Bowles via TKO (punches) - Round 2, 1:43.